HOW DO I FEEL NOW AFTER A YEAR OF BEING AN ADVISER?

April 21, 2011, Maundy Thursday, a great day of reflection and contemplations. After watching inspirational films on TV, I opened my computer and started checking my notifications in Facebook, I saw some posts from my students and friends, replied each and chatted with some online friends. Eventually, I stayed on our section's group page named "TRI-FOURever". From there, I browsed the different posts for the whole school year, and I was refreshed with the different exciting and not so exciting experiences of our class, we actually called "family". .

However, I was somehow saddened because I felt like only few remembered the class they called their own, that feeling gave me an idea that what's happening right now is normal, because they will be meeting new friends and classmates with their new section, which they will call their family as they move along their last year of stay in the school. That instance made me realize that I also need to start detaching myself from this group because I will be having a new set of students whom I will also consider my family, moving on to the idea that I must not look for another Tripor-like section because my new advisory class will never be like “MY TRIPOR”, the best thing that ever happened to my teaching career so far, I’m sure no one among them knows about this thing.

Feeling the moment of silence around me, I suddenly remembered my blog about being a class adviser and assessed myself if I succeeded in that challenge. So I opened my blog site, and found my year-long post:

Saturday, May 22, 2010 – AN ADVISER TO BE

"Am I really deserving to be an adviser?"

This was the first question that came up into my mind the time I was informed that I will be an adviser for the school year 2010-2011...

At first, I was hesitant to accept the offer of our school chairperson -- to be an adviser of first year students, but her words encouraged me soon, so I said nothing but "YES", so from then on, I set my mind that I will be an adviser, and I need to be ready.

Days passed, lots of unexpected experiences happened, eventually, I met again the chairperson to let me know about my teaching loads for SY 2010-2011. I did not know what to feel when I learned that I will not be a first year adviser anymore, but a THIRD YEAR ADVISER. It was indeed a shocking revelation to me, because to be an adviser of a higher year level means a lot of readiness and strength to survive it, because these students are done with the transition period of high school life, so they need to be guided to which path they need to take in.

Luckily, these third year students were my previous students for two consecutive years, so somehow, I know some things about them that could help me on how to deal with them.

Right now, I'm making myself ready to be an effective adviser of third year students, I'm as well pressured because my co-advisers in the third year level are all experienced in that area, hoping that I can attend to the needs of my advisory class to be leveled to my co-advisers, or be better than what they can do...

THE CHALLENGE IS ON...

"WILL I BE AN EFFECTIVE ADVISER? "

Source: http://orlhan.blogspot.com/2010/05/adviser-to-be.html

After reading the blog I posted a year ago, I asked myself… “Was I an effective adviser to my Tripor family?” Then I reflected on that question and I suddenly thought of my year-long experience with them, and so somehow, I was able to answer my year-long challenge to myself.

Everyone in 3-4 knows that they were not supposed to be my advisory class, however, God worked silently and I was suddenly assigned to their group, which at first made me feel worried because I never knew the composition in this section, however, as time pass by… little by little, day by day… I just see myself enjoying the company of 3-4 class, which they eventually named “Tripor”.

Indeed, I'm grateful for having Tripor as my first advisory class in Assumpta, and very much thankful because God gave me the best section that I could ever have for my advisory class. There were times that I felt so helpless, disappointed and discouraged because of so many conflicts we experienced – simple misunderstandings within us and within sections, unhealthy competitions brought by insecurities, school violations they never realized they did, and teacher relationships which made them feel troubled. However, after all those heartaches, still, the best side of Tripor family came out – six of them are consistent parts of the overall ranking, fixed every conflict at their very best effort, helped each other change for the better, and definitely learned to love each other despite their differences – and those were the reasons why I really felt the lightness in my heart when I was still journeying with my Tripor family. I’m glad they lived the statement I was always telling them: “You may not be the best, but what’s important is you are doing your best!”

But wait, there’s more! Even for the very last day of their meeting as a class before cards out, still a conflict arose. I never realized that they felt like I was playing favoritism with one of their male classmate, because they saw me always talking and laughing with him, and also gave his group too much consideration in their class requirement, and the like. Without knowing that this classmate of theirs expressed the need of my companion for those down moments he was then experiencing, and that the consideration they were talking about was the littlest score I gave for the effort, too far from the regular score I generally gave. Settling the conflict, I just learned that they also wanted same opportunity to be with me, which made me felt glad and teary-eyed afterwards. Then we ended our school year happily.

Indeed, my one school year of being a class adviser of Tripor was a great experience to be considered... In times of conflicts, behavioral problems and jealousies, moments of bonding and laughter, sharing personal experiences and feelings, kwentuhan moments, and the like... All made my 2010–2011 experience a great one...

With all these experiences with my family, I can proudly say that I succeeded in my challenge, which was to become an effective class adviser, and that was realized because of the help of all my sons, daughters, brothers and sisters in our Tripor family. So now, I am confident that their 4^th year life next school year would be better because they learned to become better persons at their best in their journey with me.

I would like to extend my deepest thanks to every member of the tripor family, because they made me who I am now as a class adviser. Rest assured, that each of them is kept inside my heart and mind, no matter how great my next advisory will be, no matter how many students will come after them, and no matter how old and far they will be in time…

THEY WILL STILL BE THE
FIRST BEST CLASS FAMILY
I HAD IN MY TEACHING LIFE.

My TRI-FOURever family

will never be forgotten.

AN ADVISER TO BE

"Am I really deserving to be an adviser?"

This was the first question that came up into my mind the time I was informed that I will be an adviser for the school year 2010-2011...

At first, I was hesitant to accept the offer of our school chairperson -- to be an adviser of first year students, but her words encouraged me soon, so I said nothing but "YES", so from then on, I set my mind that I will be an adviser, and I need to be ready.

Days passed, lots of unexpected experiences happened, eventually, I met again the chairperson to let me know about my teaching loads for SY 2010-2011. I did not know what to feel when I learned that I will not be a first year adviser anymore, but a THIRD YEAR ADVISER. It was indeed a shocking revelation to me, because to be an adviser of a higher year level means a lot of readiness and strength to survive it, because these students are done with the transition period of high school life, so they need to be guided to which path they need to take in.

Luckily, these third year students were my previous students for two consecutive years, so somehow, I know some things about them that could help me on how to deal with them.

Right now, I'm making myself ready to be an effective adviser of third year students, I'm as well pressured because my co-advisers in the third year level are all experienced in that area, hoping that I can attend to the needs of my advisory class to be levelled to my co-advisers, or be better than what they can do...

THE CHALLENGE IS ON...

"WILL I BE AN EFFECTIVE ADVISER?"

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

Such an unexpected award, in the warm evening of March 1, 2006,
During the College of Education CAPERS' Night 2007...
Mr. Senior 2007 was awarded to me...
I can still remember the time when I was on my high school years in which I was not even recognized as handsome...



It sounds cool that I and my beautiful classmate Shiena Beth Fajardo are both first timers in this kind of recognition... As we both gladly receive the prestige of being the Mr. & Ms. Senior 2007!



Actually, being recognized as one of the most good-looking men of the night is such a wonderful moment! Because from the hundreds of good-looking men in the night, 15 were screened and I'm one of those... from then we were judged and only 10 were chosen... from then on, the jurors critically judged us... until the moment came that I (# 3) was called together with the other handsome man (#23) to pose for a while and give our best smile... Without knowing that the jurors are selecting between the two of us...

Then the most awaited time came... the awarding of the men & women who stood out among the rest...
It started with the Mr. & Ms. Junior 2007... then with the Mr. & Ms. Senior 2007... fortunately speaking... My number (#3) and my classmate's (#19) were called andwe felt so glad with it...

Something to think about...

TOP 10 BIGGEST BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS

1. No Breakfast
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.

2. Overeating It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.

3. Smoking It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.

4. High Sugar consumption
Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.

5. Air Pollution
The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.

6. Sleep Deprivation
Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.

7. Head covered while sleeping
Sleeping with the head covered, increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decreases concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.

8. Working your brain during illness
Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.

9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts
Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.

10. Talking Rarely Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.

THE MAIN CAUSES OF DAMAGE

1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.

2. Not urinating in the morning.

3. Too much eating.

4. Skipping breakfast.

5. Consuming too much medication.

6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener.

7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit.

8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden of liver. Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.

We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to "schedule." Because:

Evening at 9 - 11pm: is the time for eliminating unnecessary toxic chemicals (detoxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes).This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on health.
Evening at 11pm - 1am: is the detoxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 1 - 3am: detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 3 - 5am: detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the detoxification process had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.

Morning 5 - 7am: detoxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.

Morning 7 - 9am: absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30am, for those who are sick.

Breakfast before 7:30am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 - 10am rather than no meal at all.
Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don't sleep late.

High School Musical, such a nice Movie...

Basketball star Troy Bolton and shy, brainy Gabriella Montez find their love for singing in a karaoke contest at a party. They soon audition for their high school's musical. They compete with Sharpay and Ryan, considered the school's top theatrical talents.

Here are just some of the songs that the stars in the movie sang...

Start of Something New

Living in my own world, didn’t understand
That anything can happen, when you take a chance
I never believed in, what I couldn't see
I never opened my heart, to all the possibilities
I know that something has changed
Never felt this way, and right here tonight

This could be the start of something new
It feels so right to be here with you
And now looking in your eyes

I feel in my heart, the start of something new

Now who'd of ever thought that, we'd both be here tonight
And the world looks so much brighter, with you by my side
I know that something has changed
Never felt this way, I know it for real

This could be the start of something new
It feels so right to be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart, the start of something new

I never knew that it could happen ‘till it happened to me
I didn't know it before, but now it's easy to see

It's a start of something new
It feels so right to be here with you
And now looking in your eyes, I feel in my heart…

That it's the start, of something new
It feels so right, to be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new
Start of something new


What I've Been Looking For

It’s hard to believe, that I couldn’t see
You were always there beside me.

Thought I was alone, with no one to hold
But you were always there beside me
This feeling’s like no other, I want you to know

I’ve never had someone that knows me like you do
The way you do
I’ve never had someone as good for me as you
No one like you
So lonely before I finally found
What I’ve been looking for

When There Was Me and You

It's funny when you find yourself
Looking from the outside
I'm standing here but all I want
Is to be over there
Why did I let myself believe?
Miracles could happen
Cause now I have to pretend
That I don't really care

I thought you were my fairytale
A dream when I'm not sleeping
A wish upon a star
That’s coming true
But everybody else could tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
When there was me and you

I swore I knew the melody
That I heard you singing
And when you smiled
You made me feel
Like I could sing along
But then you went and changed the words
Now my heart is empty
I'm only left with used-to-be's
Once upon a song

Now I know you’re not a fairytale
And dreams were meant for sleeping
And wishes on a star
Just don't come true
Cause now even I tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
Cause I liked the view
When there was me and you

I can't believe that
I could be so blind
It's like you were floating
While I was falling
And I didn't mind

Cause I liked the view
Thought you felt it too
When there was me and you

Breaking Free

We’re soarin’, flyin’ there’s not a star in heaven
That we can’t reach.
If we’re trying, so we’re breaking free

You know the world can see us
In a way that’s different than who we are.
Creating space between us, ‘til we’re separate hearts

But your faith it gives me strength,
Strength to believe

We’re breakin’ free, we’re soarin’ flyin’
There’s not a star in heaven that we can’t reach
If we’re trying, Yeah, we’re breaking free
Oh, we’re breakin’ free, Ohhhh

Can you feel it building
Like a wave the ocean just can’t control
Connected by a feeling, ohhh, in our very souls
Rising ‘til it lifts us up, so every one can see

We’re breakin’ free, we’re soarin’ flyin’
There’s not a star in heaven that we can’t reach
If we’re trying, yeah we’re breaking free

Ohhhh, runnin’ Climbin’
To get to that place, to be all that we can be
Now’s the time, so we’re breaking free
We’re breaking free, ohhh , yeah

More than hope, more than faith
This is true, this is fate
And together, we see it comin’

More than you, more than me
Not a want, but a need, both of us breakin’ free

Soarin’ flyin’
There’s not a star in heaven that we can’t reach
If we’re trying, yeah we’re breaking free
Breaking free

Were runnin’ ohhhh, climbin’
To get to the place, to be all that we can be
Now’s the time, now’s the time
So we’re breaking free, ohhh, we’re breaking free
Ohhhh

You know the world can see us
In a way that’s different than who we are


I Can't Take My Eyes Off You

You never know what you’re gonna feel, oh
You never see it comin’ suddenly it’s real
Oh, never even crossed my mind, no
That I would ever end up here tonight

All things change
When you don’t expect them to
No one knows
What the future’s gonna do
I never even noticed
That you’ve been there all along

Chorus
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I know you feel the same way too, yeah
I can’t take my eyes off of you
All it took . . . Was one look
For a dream come true

Yeah, we got a good thing goin’ on
Oh, right here is right where we belong

You never really know what you might find
Now all I see is you and I
You’re everything I never knew
That I’ve been looking for

Chorus
Can’t take my eyes off of you
Oh, oh, oh yeah
So let the music play
Can’t take my eyes off of you
Yeah, the feeling’s getting’ stronger
And I never ever felt this way

Alright, I see everything
In your eyes. . . Oh yeah
Alright, something’s happening
Cause everyone’s around but
You’re the only one I see

Chorus
I can’t take my eyes off of you
Feelings like I never knew
I can’t take my eyes off of you
From the start. . . Got my heart
Yeah, you do
Can’t take my eyes off you


http://www.allmusicals.com/h/highschoolmusical.htm

Something to be Remembered...

PICTURE AT THE PARK

...Jhen, Elsa, "Yours Truly", Joan and Revz...

Yours Truly with the Executives

Associate Dean Marlene Castillo and Dean Luzviminda Tantoco

...Nhog with the Midnight Beauties...

Jecel, Honey, Miracle, Edlyn, Vicky and Elsa

...The Long Lasting Kapampangans...

Jhen, Nhog and Elsa

PICTURE AT THE MT. MAKILING

Featured here is the picture of the BSED 4D class during their Outdoor Activity in Mt. Makiling.

We are so happy with this activity because we experienced different experience... like living with friends in a far away place, hiking on a cemented path, cooking using dried woods, and winning in different competitions held in the Outdoor activity...

Really that we enjoyed this three-day activity, an activity that would last in our minds for a lifetime... =)

THE BSED 4D - MATHEMATICS

They are the fourth year class of BSED Mathematics in Bulacan State University...

If you are thinking that they are really great in Mathematics, uhmmm... They you are right! All of them are so bright and Calculus is just as easy as "Basic MAthematics" to them...

And as you can see, all of them are smiling... it is because all of them have learned to love each other to a point that they consider their classmates as their siblings...

Because of these, I consider my classmates as one of my valued family because we love, care, and think of each other most of the time...

It is so great to be a part of this class... the BSED 4D, Mathematics Majors

My Compositions...

A FRIEND YOU CAN TRUST
I.
When my heart feels so gloomy, I want a pen on my hand,
As well as a paper, so clear and so white,
Coz I want to express, all these burdens inside,
A shoulder to lean on, so effective, so nice.
II.
Writing is a friend, a friend that I really trust.
Coz I can say all the sentiments, that my heart wants to hide,
How great is the feeling, when I was able to write,
In a poem, all these heart felts, my mouth cannot shout.

I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE
I.
I am a man, who really loves to write,
And I want all my thoughts to always be bright,
But there are times, my mind is on flight,
Where I want to write, but don’t know what to write.
II.
Likewise, this time, my mind feels so tired,
In a way that all words, my mind can’t admire,
But what I want is to set this on fire,
So I could write, all in me that’s inside.
III.
However, positively, I took this opportunity,
And wrote all these miseries, that are in me,
Now, I can’t imagine, how great writing could be,
I was able to reveal, all that’s hidden in me.

I LOST MY FRIEND

I

I have a friend, who trusted me so deep,

I am her friend, a brother she could keep,

She is my friend, a sister that I treat,

We both are friends, and that's what we really should be.

II

One day my friend, trusted something to me,

A thing, a secret, that she want me to keep,

Then she asked me, if I could keep that in me,

Then I said, "Yes, of course, you can count on me".

III

And so my friend, told that secret to me,

A fact, a secret, that I really should keep,

Shame to my friend, if someone would learn,

And so I decided, just to keep it in me.

IV

But one day, the secret was learned by many,

Because I, as her friend wasn't able to keep,

I told the secret, to a friend close to me,

It's too late, I've learned, the secret was revealed.

V

And so my friend, did felt so ashamed,

Her pride, her dignity, were definitely squeezed,

And then my friend, talked and said to me...

"You are my brother, the brother who betrayed me".

VI

From there, I felt, my heart was aching,

Because I broke, the trust that she gave me,

And then I said, "My friend, I'm Sorry...",

but then she answered, "I'm Sorry? You betrayed me".

VII

Then we parted, with our eyes so weary,

As well as our hearts, that are so uneasy,

It was my fault, Yes it is my fault,

I lost my friend, my friend who trusted me.

VIII

How I wish, I was just dreaming,

A dream, a nightmare, that was so annoying,

I hope that one day, I will be forgiven,

And so, our friendship, will be saved to an end.